Camryn Chaffee, 9, is a little girl with a really big and cool heart. She hit the ground running in Cranberry, PA and placed jars in area businesses asking for donations for MS (Multiple Sclerosis). Her father drove her around and dropped her off in front of a variety of stores, she entered herself and asked to speak to the manager to get permission to leave her jars.
She also visited neighbors to ask for donations while the jars sat in the businesses for five weeks, in all, she was able to raise $600 for MS. She even took the time to thank the participating businesses by making up specific cards for them, as an example she made a hot dog card for Johnny's Hot Dogs.
Camryn says she was inspired by a neighbor and a co-worker of her father who both suffer from MS. She also plans on making her fundrasier an annual event, "It was fun to do and it will help people with MS."
Here's to you Camryn, may your heart forever stay big-stay positive, stay generous, and STAY COOL!
What do you think of Camryn's efforts to raise money for MS? Who's the youngest fundraiser you know? How old are they and what cause did they raise money for?
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
a COOL pre-wedding bash
When getting married one not only looks forward to the special day but also to the bachelor and bachelorette parties that precede it. Well, Christine Buono of Hopewell, PA and her fiancee, Justin Harrison of Hampton, PA, decided to throw a fundraiser instead.
The both of them decided on organizing a car wash to benefit the North Hills Community Outreach. With family and some members of the wedding party they were able to collect food and money for the community agency while having fun and spending time with each other. Ms. Buono explains, "We decided we wanted to do something for someone else. We're not 25 and don't need to party."
Also, the couple plans on forgoing wedding favors and making donations to the food pantry and Music for Life in honor of their guests. They will let their guests know through notes or the program who was helped by their generous actions.
Mr. Harrison's aunt is not the least bit surprised by the couple's actions, "Nothing surprises me that they do. They're always doing something for someone else."
Here's to you Christine and Justin, may you be happy and blessed for years to come-stay positive, stay generous, and STAY COOL!
What do you think of Christine's and Justin's idea of throwing a fundraiser in lieu of bachelor and bachelorette parties?
The both of them decided on organizing a car wash to benefit the North Hills Community Outreach. With family and some members of the wedding party they were able to collect food and money for the community agency while having fun and spending time with each other. Ms. Buono explains, "We decided we wanted to do something for someone else. We're not 25 and don't need to party."
Also, the couple plans on forgoing wedding favors and making donations to the food pantry and Music for Life in honor of their guests. They will let their guests know through notes or the program who was helped by their generous actions.
Mr. Harrison's aunt is not the least bit surprised by the couple's actions, "Nothing surprises me that they do. They're always doing something for someone else."
Here's to you Christine and Justin, may you be happy and blessed for years to come-stay positive, stay generous, and STAY COOL!
What do you think of Christine's and Justin's idea of throwing a fundraiser in lieu of bachelor and bachelorette parties?
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
it's COOL to just be good
As life gets busy and chaotic at times it is often very easy for us to forget about taking care of ourselves as we jump from one task to another. Well, help is out there to coach and provide us with the proper nutrition so that we can be at our optimal health. Don't forget, to be able to be there for those we love and care about we must first take care of ourselves.
At www.Tonessi.net one can find a variety of items to get on the healthy track and with their Just Be Good (to your body) slogan and T-shirts be inspired to stay there.
The founders of www.Tonessi.net have dealt with many severe health issues throughout their family and have lost loved ones in the process. At present, a serious health issue threatens an immediate family member.
However, they have decided to not stand idly by and accept their situation. They have done extensive research and basically changed how they eat and live. With a positive attitude and mind set of treating their bodies right, they started a journey that included the mind and spirit, "We strongly believe that the power of your mind is more important than anything else, with this power you can literally change your life. With the right thoughts and attitude anything is possible!"
As they help themselves they look to help others-a very COOL attitude-Their mission, through research-certain products-books-organizations, is to inspire others to take that first step to start their own journey towards optimum health.
Here's to you Tonessi.net for inspiring and helping others to start a journey that will be well worth it, stay positive, stay generous, and STAY COOL!
For more information please visit them at www.Tonessi.net or call toll free at 877-283-2494.
What do you think of www.Tonessi.net and their efforts to inspire others to be at their very best mentally and physically?
At www.Tonessi.net one can find a variety of items to get on the healthy track and with their Just Be Good (to your body) slogan and T-shirts be inspired to stay there.
The founders of www.Tonessi.net have dealt with many severe health issues throughout their family and have lost loved ones in the process. At present, a serious health issue threatens an immediate family member.
However, they have decided to not stand idly by and accept their situation. They have done extensive research and basically changed how they eat and live. With a positive attitude and mind set of treating their bodies right, they started a journey that included the mind and spirit, "We strongly believe that the power of your mind is more important than anything else, with this power you can literally change your life. With the right thoughts and attitude anything is possible!"
As they help themselves they look to help others-a very COOL attitude-Their mission, through research-certain products-books-organizations, is to inspire others to take that first step to start their own journey towards optimum health.
Here's to you Tonessi.net for inspiring and helping others to start a journey that will be well worth it, stay positive, stay generous, and STAY COOL!
For more information please visit them at www.Tonessi.net or call toll free at 877-283-2494.
What do you think of www.Tonessi.net and their efforts to inspire others to be at their very best mentally and physically?
Thursday, June 3, 2010
one COOL pitcher
This story has made national headlines and could be construed as a sad story with an unfortunate ending but it turned out to be a great lesson in COOLITICS.
Armando Galarraga, pitcher for the Major League Baseball team Detroit Tigers, was on the verge of pitching a perfect game which is a very hard and rare feat in baseball. In fact, he would have been only the 21st pitcher in history to complete such a feat. It would have been a great night for baseball as this rare accomplishment would have been the third one this season and second in four nights.
With two outs in the ninth inning the batter at the plate, Jason Donald, hit an infield grounder that was handled cleanly and thrown to first base clearly beating him to the bag. The announcers yelled he's out and were dismayed when they saw first base umpire, Jim Joyce, raise his arms and declare him safe. The replay clearly showed that the ball beat the runner to the bag. Armando stayed focused and retired the next batter thus ending the game but leaving him without a piece of history.
Armando could have easily lost his cool and berated the umpire, which no one would have blamed him for. However, Armando kept his cool and though he didn't want to talk about losing his perfect game due to a bad call he did meet with Jim Joyce afterwards who offered him an apology, "You don't see an umpire come out after a game and say, 'Hey let me tell you I'm sorry,'" Galarraga said, "He felt really bad. He didn't even shower."
Armando is truly a COOLITICIAN, he realizes that mistakes are made and that he can either let them bring him down or, as he has done, be the COOL person in such an unfortunate situation. Also, Jim Joyce should be commended as well for him taking responsibility for his mistake and not making excuses, "It was the biggest call of my career and I kicked the @#!$ out of it. I just cost the kid a perfect game," he admitted, "I thought he beat the throw. I was convinced he beat the throw, until I saw the replay."
So here's to you Armando for staying cool in your moment of blown glory and to you Mr. Joyce for admitting and taking responsibility for your mistake. Hopefully, adults and children alike will learn from your cool responses when being in the fire-stay positive, stay generous, and STAY COOL!
What do you think of how Mr. Armando Galarrago and Mr. Jim Joyce have responded to their much publicized event?
Armando Galarraga, pitcher for the Major League Baseball team Detroit Tigers, was on the verge of pitching a perfect game which is a very hard and rare feat in baseball. In fact, he would have been only the 21st pitcher in history to complete such a feat. It would have been a great night for baseball as this rare accomplishment would have been the third one this season and second in four nights.
With two outs in the ninth inning the batter at the plate, Jason Donald, hit an infield grounder that was handled cleanly and thrown to first base clearly beating him to the bag. The announcers yelled he's out and were dismayed when they saw first base umpire, Jim Joyce, raise his arms and declare him safe. The replay clearly showed that the ball beat the runner to the bag. Armando stayed focused and retired the next batter thus ending the game but leaving him without a piece of history.
Armando could have easily lost his cool and berated the umpire, which no one would have blamed him for. However, Armando kept his cool and though he didn't want to talk about losing his perfect game due to a bad call he did meet with Jim Joyce afterwards who offered him an apology, "You don't see an umpire come out after a game and say, 'Hey let me tell you I'm sorry,'" Galarraga said, "He felt really bad. He didn't even shower."
Armando is truly a COOLITICIAN, he realizes that mistakes are made and that he can either let them bring him down or, as he has done, be the COOL person in such an unfortunate situation. Also, Jim Joyce should be commended as well for him taking responsibility for his mistake and not making excuses, "It was the biggest call of my career and I kicked the @#!$ out of it. I just cost the kid a perfect game," he admitted, "I thought he beat the throw. I was convinced he beat the throw, until I saw the replay."
So here's to you Armando for staying cool in your moment of blown glory and to you Mr. Joyce for admitting and taking responsibility for your mistake. Hopefully, adults and children alike will learn from your cool responses when being in the fire-stay positive, stay generous, and STAY COOL!
What do you think of how Mr. Armando Galarrago and Mr. Jim Joyce have responded to their much publicized event?
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
COOL pilots
Pilots N Paws, started back in February of 2008, is a program that flys animals in shelters scheduled for euthanizing to no-kill shelters that have the space to take them in.
Pilots in the program donate their time, planes, and fuel to fly dozens of animals a month several states away from the overcrowded shelters they are in to shelters that commit to find them permanent homes.
Within months of the program starting nearly 85 pilots had signed on and nearly 200 dogs flown to a variety of shelters and rescue groups. The number of private pilots volunteering at their own expense now totals over 1,000 and the number of animals transported is over 1,000 as well.
Each flight costs hundreds of dollars in fuel alone, which doesn't take into account the cost of routine maintenance and other operating expenses. Michele McGuire, a small-plane pilot who pays her own costs states, "Doggy kisses are worth the cost of a gallon of fuel." Another pilot, Nick O'Connell expresses that transporting these pets is rewarding beyond his wildest dreams.
Dawn Thompson, a volunteer who has taken in and re-homed over 100 dogs a year for the past 18 years, sees another benefit to Pilots N Paws, "the dogs that arrive by plane rather than ground support don't have stress that two days on the road creates, and that makes them almost instantly adorable."
So, Pilots N Paws Pilots, here's to you-keep flying high, stay positive, stay generous, and STAY COOL!
If you would like more information on this COOL program-Pilots N Paws-visit http://pilotsnpaws.org. At least check out the video "I Will Care For You"-Lyrics by: Jory Gora and Performed by: Andrea Stolpe, it shows you some of the pilots along with some of the animals they have rescued-it is inspiring and COOL!
What do you think of the efforts of Pilots N Paws and the pilots that make it work?
Pilots in the program donate their time, planes, and fuel to fly dozens of animals a month several states away from the overcrowded shelters they are in to shelters that commit to find them permanent homes.
Within months of the program starting nearly 85 pilots had signed on and nearly 200 dogs flown to a variety of shelters and rescue groups. The number of private pilots volunteering at their own expense now totals over 1,000 and the number of animals transported is over 1,000 as well.
Each flight costs hundreds of dollars in fuel alone, which doesn't take into account the cost of routine maintenance and other operating expenses. Michele McGuire, a small-plane pilot who pays her own costs states, "Doggy kisses are worth the cost of a gallon of fuel." Another pilot, Nick O'Connell expresses that transporting these pets is rewarding beyond his wildest dreams.
Dawn Thompson, a volunteer who has taken in and re-homed over 100 dogs a year for the past 18 years, sees another benefit to Pilots N Paws, "the dogs that arrive by plane rather than ground support don't have stress that two days on the road creates, and that makes them almost instantly adorable."
So, Pilots N Paws Pilots, here's to you-keep flying high, stay positive, stay generous, and STAY COOL!
If you would like more information on this COOL program-Pilots N Paws-visit http://pilotsnpaws.org. At least check out the video "I Will Care For You"-Lyrics by: Jory Gora and Performed by: Andrea Stolpe, it shows you some of the pilots along with some of the animals they have rescued-it is inspiring and COOL!
What do you think of the efforts of Pilots N Paws and the pilots that make it work?
Thursday, May 20, 2010
COOL senior citizens
Its always COOL to see active senior citizens enjoying life to the fullest and not letting their age deter them from participating in activities that make life worth living. It's even COOLER seeing them improving others lives as they improve their own.
In Lehigh County, located in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, you will find 20 senior residents ranging in ages from 62 to 105 remaining highly active and volunteering in their respective communities. Their volunteer efforts range from helping needy children, helping people enroll in Medicare's prescription drug program and complete their taxes, working in hospitals, knitting and sending wool helmet liners to American troops, and making wooden toys for low-income children in area schools and hospitals to name just a few.
Eve Reidelbach who is 105-years-old (or young) and founded a performance group, Krazy Kids, that performs at senior centers in the area reveals her secret to aging well, "It's all about the attitude, honey. Life is what you make of it."
This would not be a COOL blog without mentioning the names of some of the seniors who were recently honored by county officials during the 10th annual Tribute to Unsung Heroes, a program that recognizes seniors who've volunteered extensively in their communities-so here's to:
Eve, 105 Lena Yaich, 77
David Binder, 65 Corrine Passmore, 85
Robert Eichelberger, 67 Nancy Hepler, 75
Nancy Erdman, 76 Martine Beahn, 85
Anne Frantz, 80 George Wagner, 82
Raymond Kieffer, 75 Willis Moser, 84
Leah Kuhns, 81 Hilda Batarick, 85
David Melcher,62 Jackie Wieder, 83
Marlene Merz, 72 Judy Ruch, 70
Doris Oertner, 73
and other seniors out there that remain active, inspire us to help others, and remind us that age is just a number, stay young, stay positive, stay generous, and STAY COOL!
What do you think of these seniors and their volunteer efforts? Please mention a senior you know that volunteers and continues to remain active.
In Lehigh County, located in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, you will find 20 senior residents ranging in ages from 62 to 105 remaining highly active and volunteering in their respective communities. Their volunteer efforts range from helping needy children, helping people enroll in Medicare's prescription drug program and complete their taxes, working in hospitals, knitting and sending wool helmet liners to American troops, and making wooden toys for low-income children in area schools and hospitals to name just a few.
Eve Reidelbach who is 105-years-old (or young) and founded a performance group, Krazy Kids, that performs at senior centers in the area reveals her secret to aging well, "It's all about the attitude, honey. Life is what you make of it."
This would not be a COOL blog without mentioning the names of some of the seniors who were recently honored by county officials during the 10th annual Tribute to Unsung Heroes, a program that recognizes seniors who've volunteered extensively in their communities-so here's to:
Eve, 105 Lena Yaich, 77
David Binder, 65 Corrine Passmore, 85
Robert Eichelberger, 67 Nancy Hepler, 75
Nancy Erdman, 76 Martine Beahn, 85
Anne Frantz, 80 George Wagner, 82
Raymond Kieffer, 75 Willis Moser, 84
Leah Kuhns, 81 Hilda Batarick, 85
David Melcher,62 Jackie Wieder, 83
Marlene Merz, 72 Judy Ruch, 70
Doris Oertner, 73
and other seniors out there that remain active, inspire us to help others, and remind us that age is just a number, stay young, stay positive, stay generous, and STAY COOL!
What do you think of these seniors and their volunteer efforts? Please mention a senior you know that volunteers and continues to remain active.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
a COOL centennial birthday
This past February, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) celebrated its 100th year in existence. Since its founding in 1910, over 110 million Americans have been members. With over 4 million members currently, it's one of the largest youth organizations in the United States.
The goal of the Scouts is to train youth in responsible citizenship, character development, and self-reliance through participation in the wide range of outdoor activities, educational programs, and at older age levels career-orientated programs in partnership with community organizations.
For its younger members, the Scout method introduces values such as trustworthiness, good citizenship, and outdoor skills through a variety of activities that include but are not limited to camping, aquatics, and hiking.
Here's to the Boys Scouts of America and all the volunteers and scout leaders who have taken the time to introduce the youth of yesterday, today, and tomorrow to a COOL respectful way of living-stay positive, stay generous, and STAY COOL!
What do you think of the efforts of the BSA to instill these cool and positive characteristics in the youth of today? Were you a scout or involved in any other youth organization as a child that helped you prepare for the future? What did you learn and are you involved in any capacity today as a volunteer?
The goal of the Scouts is to train youth in responsible citizenship, character development, and self-reliance through participation in the wide range of outdoor activities, educational programs, and at older age levels career-orientated programs in partnership with community organizations.
For its younger members, the Scout method introduces values such as trustworthiness, good citizenship, and outdoor skills through a variety of activities that include but are not limited to camping, aquatics, and hiking.
Here's to the Boys Scouts of America and all the volunteers and scout leaders who have taken the time to introduce the youth of yesterday, today, and tomorrow to a COOL respectful way of living-stay positive, stay generous, and STAY COOL!
What do you think of the efforts of the BSA to instill these cool and positive characteristics in the youth of today? Were you a scout or involved in any other youth organization as a child that helped you prepare for the future? What did you learn and are you involved in any capacity today as a volunteer?
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